Jay S. Nydick — Co-Head and Co-Chief Investment Officer of Real Estate Investment Group at AllianceBernstein

Mr. Jay S. Nydick serves as the Co-Head and Co-Chief Investment Officer of Real Estate Investment Group at AllianceBernstein L.P. Mr. Nydick served as the Chief Executive Officer, President and Secretary at iStar Acquisition Corp. Mr. Nydick served as the President of iStar Financial Inc. from November 9, 2004 to September 2009 and served as its Chief Operating Officer until September 2009. He has primary responsibility for identifying, evaluating and executing strategic expansion opportunities for iStar Financial and has overseen iStar Financial's acquisition of a 47.5% interest in Oak Hill Advisors, L.P., the development of iStar Financial's AutoStar platform including the accumulation of over $1 billion in assets under management, the launch of TimberStar and responsibility for iStar Financial's European expansion, including strategic joint ventures with Moor Park and London and Regional. He joined iStar Financial after spending 14 years at Goldman, Sachs & Co. He served at Goldman Sachs Group, Merchant Banking Division. Mr. Nydick served as a Managing Director heading the Corporate Finance Group for non-Japan Asia and as a member of the Products and Financial Sponsors Group. Prior to his assignment in Asia, Mr. Nydick was in Goldman's Real Estate Investment Banking Group, co-headed its Lodging and Gaming Business and spent time in the Debt Capital Markets and Derivatives Group as well as real estate mezzanine investing businesses. He has been Independent Director of Safety, Income and Growth, Inc. since June 21, 2017. During his career, he has been involved in a broad range of transactions including mergers, acquisitions, debt and equity financings, LBOs and the development of innovative products across many different markets in the world. Mr. Nydick holds a Masters in Business Administration from Columbia University and a Bachelors degree from Cornell University.